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  Kayo Dot - Eptaceros
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Kayo Dot started off over ten years ago and were called gothic. Then they released a record on John Zorn's downtown NYC label Tzadik and were called avant-garde. After that, Robotic Empire picked them up and Kayo Dot were called post-hardcore. Now they have an upcoming release on Hydra Head Records whose cast of collaborators includes musicians from Burning Witch (slow-ass heavy sludge), Behold… the Arctopus (fleet-ass atonal sorcery), and Les Claypool's band, Flying Frog Brigade. Wtf? Heavily compositional in scope, the band consists of a cadre of clarinet, tenor sax, and flute, plus synth and mellotron, violin, bells, gongs, Rhodes piano, drumset, electric guitar, and voice. Kayo Dot's appeal typically reaches fans of new music, tenebrous psychedelia, and vintage prog a la King Crimson.